Why Europe is Building a $34BN Transport Mega-Hub
Infrastructure 30 Apr 2025
New York is revered around the world for building some our planet's most beautiful skyscrapers - or at least, it was. Its latest generation of towers have seen the city buried in glass boxes but that era could finally be coming to an end.
520 Fifth Avenue is Manhattan's new mixed-use supertall and, yes, while it is yet another luxury tower going up in New York, it might just represent a major shift in how the Big Apple builds its next generation of skyscrapers.
New York City's Department of Buildings is now leading the investigation into 235 East 42nd Street, where structural columns were seen buckling.
Mayor Mamdani attended the ceremony on July 9. The site in Lower Manhattan had sat vacant while the building's design was repeatedly reimagined in an effort to lure a major tenant.
Published by Penguin Random House, Mega Builds by Fred Mills is now one of the bestselling non-fiction books in the UK.